Readers will imagine themselves right beside the bold John Paul Jones, luring enemy craft into danger and engaging them in close combat. Jones, a talented young captain, became an invaluable figure in America's fight for independence when he offered his sailing skills to the Continental Navy. In his...
Armstrong Sperry
Paperback
176
Sterling
1402736150
9781402736155
9
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, "in harm's way." Evan Tho...
Evan Thomas
Paperback
400
Simon & Schuster
0743258045
9780743258043
5
John Jones may refer to: Contents. 1 Authors, artists, poets, and writers; 2 Military figures; 3 Musicians; 4 Political figures; 5 Religion; 6 Sportsmen; 7 Others ...